Exam question 3 · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the interval designated "a year".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, interval

This is exam question 3 of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 interval	det
11	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 interval	acl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 year	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 designated	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 year	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the interval			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus interval=Experiencer
4	designate	participle		the interval not said here	year		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Twelve revolutions of the Moon, amounting to exactly 365 days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 revolutions	nummod
2	revolutions	revolution	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 revolutions	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 amounting	punct
7	amounting	amount	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 revolutions	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	10 365	advmod
10	365	365	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 amounting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amount	gerund	Twelve revolutions of the Moon not said here				day		vn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: agent=Theme
2	revolt		the Moon						nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One revolution of the Earth about the Sun, approximately 365 and a quarter days

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 revolution	nummod
2	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 revolution	nmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 revolution	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 365	punct
10	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	11 365	advmod
11	365	365	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 days	nummod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 quarter	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 quarter	det
14	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 365	conj
15	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 revolution	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolt		the Earth					about the Sun	nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent about=obl

Option 3

The interval between two successive full moons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interval	det
2	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	7 moons	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 moons	nummod
5	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moons	amod
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 moons	amod
7	moons	moon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 interval	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

One rotation of the Earth upon its axis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 rotation	nummod
2	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rotation	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 axis	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 axis	nmod:poss
8	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Earth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rotate		the Earth upon Earth's axis						nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent

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